MUMBAI: Indecent proposals are the norm in the Hindi film industry claims author Neeta Shah in her new book "Bollywood Striptease" and actress Riya Sen seconds this, saying she too has had such experiences. "This book has everything and I think what she has written is true. My journey has been very different because […]

  Mumbai: Amitabh Bachchan made Vijay Dinanath Chauhan’s character in the 1990 "Agneepath" iconic, but the film didn’t do wonders at the box office. Almost two decades later now, Hrithik Roshan, who has reprised the role in its remake that has collected Rs.25 crore on the opening day, says it’s unfair to compare the two […]

  Mumbai: If Hrithik Roshan is eagerly awaiting the release of "Agneepath", he is equally keen to show the film to the original Vijay Dinanath Chauhan, Amitabh Bachchan. "I think once the film is ready for previews, he will be the first person we will call," said Hrithik who reprises Amitabh’s role in the "Agneepath" […]

  Mumbai: Bollywood heartthrob Hrithik Roshan, who has been having health trouble for some time, says he wishes for good health and prays to stay fit on his 38th birthday. "For sometime in the past, I have encountered a lot of health issues. I have realised that in our lives the most important thing is […]

  MUMBAI: Actress Kangna Ranaut has no qualms in admitting that she is stubborn and that she never accepts her mistakes. "I don’t accept my mistakes. I never say I’m wrong, not even if I’m hanged," she confessed on UTV Stars’ show "Live My Life". The actress has been controversy’s favourite child whether it is […]

MUMBAI: Film writer Sachin Bhowmick is no more. Bhowmick, who started his writing career with Lajwanti in 1958, had written stories and screenplays for over seventy films in his lifetime. Some of the films that he had written are Brahmachari, Aradhana, Pehchan and Aan Milo Sajnaa. Most recently, he wrote films like Koi… Mil Gaya, Kisna […]

Dharma Production has tied up with Pantaloons to launch the Pantaloons Dostana Collection apparel range.

MUMBAI: Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group’s Adlabs Films has a slew of big releases up its sleeves this year. Starting with Willard Carrol’s Marigold starring Salman Khan, there are several films releasing from the Adlabs banner in the second half of 2007. There is Anubhav Sinha’s multi-starrer action thriller Cash in August followed by Ram […]

MUMBAI: The war for domination among the film channels is just beginning. Leaders of the pack, Zee Cinema and Max, have both launched campaigns touting their forthcoming attractions. Max, which has acquired the satellite rights of recent blockbusters, has rolled out its new campaign to promote its new offering – Saal Ke Sabse Bade Blockbusters. […]

MUMBAI: For 2007, the box office bells finally rang in the month of May with the release of much hyped films like Spider-Man 3 and Metro, followed by Cheeni Kum and Shootout At Lokhandwala towards the month end. The feat will be carried forward to the month of June and is in fact, expected to […]

MUMBAI: Rang De Basanti, Omkara, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Dhoom 2 and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehnaa lead  this year’s Bollywood Movie Award nominations, announced on 30 April 2007. Dhoom 2, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Omkara, Rang De Basanti, Kabhi Alvida Na Kehnaa have been nominated for the Best Film Award, while Rakesh Roshan (Krrish), Karan Johar (Kabhi […]

MUMBAI: The way things are going in Hollywood these days, India has seemed to overtaken Africa as the location of choice for more than a few Hollywood films. Produced by Brad Pitt and starring Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart was shot in Pune, which was a substitution for Karachi, Pakistan, according to Sheeraz Hasan Founder of www.Hollywood.tv. […]

The nominations for the Idea IIFA Awards have been announced by IIFA brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan.

Studio 18 claims that Namastey London has reaped total net revenue of Rs 30,505,963 in the opening week.

Rang De Basanti, Lage Raho Munnabhai bag maximum awards; Hrithik and Kajol bagged best actor & actress.

Remakes & sequels have been successful but is this a case of intellectual bankruptcy or merely an ode to the past?

MUMBAI: Content is king and marketing is a kingpin that helps the king rule. That was the essence of the session titled Marketing and Distribution of Movies at FICCI FRAMES 2007. Moderated by Adlabs chairman Manmohan Shetty, the session had speakers like Kaleidoscope India managing director Bobby Bedi, Eros International group CFO Andrew Heffernan, Roamware […]

MUMBAI: Ten children from across India, who won the ‘Lifebuoy mein bhi Krrish‘ contest, recently spent an evening with Krrish star Hrithik Roshan. Hindustan Unilever brand Lifebuoy had tied up with the Roshan starrer Krrish for a joint promotion. According to Hindustan Unilever marketing manager Punit Misra, “The promotion received more than 30,000 entries, out […]

MUMBAI: 2006 saw a plethora of Bollywood film releases, that told diverse stories, had top notch performances and an even better audience which embraced these films wholeheartedly. All this resulted in an outstanding box office performances, both in India and overseas. As per the ‘Top five Bollywood film releases’ in the UK in 2006, Karan […]

MUMBAI: Karan Johar returns to the small screen next month with a fresh season of his weekly celebrity chat show Koffee with Karan. Star India will telecast the entire series simultaneously on Star One and Star World, starting 11 February at 9 pm. The guest list this time round, will not be restricted to the […]

Engagement of Abhishek & Aishwarya is looked on as a bonus for Ratnam’s Guru at the box office.

MUMBAI: 2006 has been touted as the best and biggest year for Bollywood. In the year gone past, films not only incorporated novel scripts and concepts, but also executed them well. One factor that assisted immensely in the execution of many films last year was the use of visual effects. A visual effect isn’t a […]

MUMBAI:Mani Ratnam’s Guru released this Friday. The film with the same title was released two decades earlier by Ratnam’s brother, which had Mithun Chakraborty playing the lead as a cop. In this version, Mithun plays a media magnate. Abhishek Bachchan portrays Dhirubhai Ambani while Aishwarya Rai plays his wife. The opening has been below expectations. […]

MUMBAI: ‘Twas a year that saw films like Rang De Basanti, Omakara and Lage Raho Munnabhai. Not to forget Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna from the Karan Johar camp. Films like these kept the Indian film industry buoyant in 2006. The year gone by can safely be hailed as one of the biggest that Bollywood has […]

MUMBAI: While on the run, there is no time to perform….. This is the brief status of Bhagam Bhag. Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd. and Popcorn Motion Pictures Pvt. Ltd.’s Bhagam Bhag released this week to varied responses across the nation and overseas too. The film happens to be a comeback vehicle for actor-turned-M.P. Govinda. […]

MUMBAI: Call it coincidence but every actress who has worked with director Madhur Bhandarkar gets an award. Tabu bagged the best actress award in Chandni Bar, followed by Raveena Tandon in Satta, Konkana Sen Sharma in Page 3. Now Bipasha Basu has won an award as best actress in Corporate at Kolkata’s Anandlok Awards.   […]

MUMBAI: The recent Box Office no-show has finally got respite in Dhoom:2, which released on 24 November. The film has mind-blowing cinematography and hi-tech action sequences. The film stars Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Abhishekh Bachchan, Bipasha Basu and Uday Chopra. However, despite a strong star cast, it is Hrithik who has his cake and eats […]

Dhoom:2 looks well chiseled and so does its cast. Here’s unraveling the film’s style mantra. EXCLUSIVE!

PRESS RELEASE   The Global Indian Film Awards (GIFA – 2006) will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from December 7 to 9. The award is conceived, scripted and directed by Popcorn Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and organized by One Big Options under the aegis of Tourism Malaysia and under the kind patronage of YABhg Datin […]

PRESS RELEASE Mumbai, November 09, 2006: It’s that time of the year again when the viewers of the Star Gold will get busy and get the phone lines buzzing, sending out a flurry of SMSs and slowing down internet lines … as starting November 12, 2006 the voting lines will be open for the only […]

MUMBAI: A week before Diwali the box-office window collections were nothing to talk home about. However, Don managed to sail through followed by Jaan-E-Mann. But Umrao Jaan, which released yesterday (3 November), failed to evoke the desired interest.   J.P. Dutta, the war-film specialist, failed with his courtesan drama of the 19th century. The opening day […]

Prasad Group, which provides film production & post-production services and Australia’s Panavision ink alliance.

The makers of Jaan-E-Mann and Don have incurred losses to the tune of Rs 650 million due to internet piracy.

A week before the release of JP Dutta’s Umrao Jaan, a coffee table book on the film was launched by Adlabs.

BOX OFFICE MUMBAI: Don managed to outrace Jaan-E-Mann at the box-office windows. In its first week, Don managed an average of 85 per cent collections at the domestic box-office. Bombay registered 85 per cent collections from 48 cinemas – Rs. 3,86,33,369. Thane had a record collection Rs. 94,30,019 from 18 cinemas (83%). Ahmedabad Rs. 1.55 […]

Film: Don   Rating: 3/5   Director: Farhan Akhtar   Producer: Excel Entertainment   Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, Isha Koppikar, Arjun Rampal, Boman Irani and Om Puri   If you are a fan of the old Don, you should read this review. The old Don was fabulous. Amitabh Bachchan was king […]

Branded entertainment associations like Thums Up – Kaante and Bournvita – Krrish have worked well for the brands.

Rakesh Roshan starts work on next film after Krrish; gives team 3 months to come up with interesting story line.

Tips’ Rs 50 million Punjabi venture Dil Apna Punjabi has received record opening in Punjab and the overseas market.

Part 3 on the series of films on the good hearted goon will go on the floors soon.

London :Indian movies are doing far better business than British films leading to a dissent among local filmmakers who feel that after Hollywood, a second film nation is destroying the local industry there. The spurt in collections of Bollywood movies has been due to the increasing number of films being shot in the UK and […]

Mumbai: The suspense over KANK is over. Karan Johar’s Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna was the only major film this week. It released to mixed reviews. The infidelity story was proving too hard to digest. It also comes as a surprise to see Amitabh Bachchan at age 64 as a playboy in the film. As the […]

As time has progressed newer platforms for communication of brands have evolved. From press to TV to radio to outdoor and now films. In 2003, Darshana Bhalla, Sony Entertainment Television, Sales and Marketing Head and her friend Sooraj Bhalla, Chief Asst. Director to Raj Santoshi got together and thought of Branded Entertainment as a profitable […]

Mumbai: A thumping record breaking $132 million opening at the US box office by the Hollywood action adventure film Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest has resulted in a major upset at the US box office. Recording many firsts at the US box office history, Pirates single handedly has destroyed prospects of rest of […]

Mumbai: Bollywood is smiling. It has a good reason to. The year 2006 is turning out to be a very good one. The dream run that had begun in January with Rang De Basanti followed by major blockbusters such as Fanna and Krrish resulted in Bollywood going in for a clean profit of Rs 3 […]

Manmohan Shetty, the Chairman of Adlabs Films Limited is only too well known in the industry for his astute business sense. His company, Adlabs (now Adlabs Films Limited) set up in 1978 catering only to the ad film market, has grown exponentially under his leadership to a market leader in the entertainment space. Manmohan Shetty, […]

Shringar Cinemas Limited has announced its foray into Gujarat with the launch of the six-screen FAME Raj Empire multiplex in Surat. The new multiplex is located at the Raj Empire Mall (Near Akashwani Tower, Bhatar Road) and commences operations from this week, with the release of Krrish. With a capacity of more than 1800 ergonomically […]